Non-refillable bottle.



PATENTED JULY 9, 1907.

G. GIBLIN. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED APBHS. 1907.

vmnm .Um/Zw amm, I

atkvonu oHARLEs GIBLIN, or CLEVELAND,l OHIO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' ,if NoN-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Patented July 9, 1907.

Application filed April 6,1907. serial No. 366,840.

To all whom it may concern: p

Be it known that I, CHARLES GIBLIN, a citizen ot the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Non-Rellable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to non-retillable bottles, and it has for its object to provide a bottle stopper which may not be removed to permit the contents of the botn tle to be removed without breaking or mutilating the bottle, and thus preventing further use of the same.

rWith these and other ends in view which will readily .r'ippear as the nature of the invention is better under- Ystood, the same consists in the improved construction made to the precise structural details therein exhibited,

but that Changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the invention may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing, Figure l is a vertical sectional view of the neck or upper portion of a bottle Constructed in accordance with the invention and showing the improved stopper in position. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 2--2 in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of one of the parts or members of the improved stopper. Fig. 4 is a side elevation showing another part or member of the stopper.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The bottle which forms a part oi the present invention is provided with a neck l having an annular rib or enlargement 2 and an interior annular groove 3 which is formed in alinement with said annular rib; saidbottle neck is also formed with an annular groove or crease 4 forming a comparatively weak point where the said neck may be readily broken or tractured.

l' The improved stopper comprises a rigid member A and a iexible member B. The said rigid member consists of a shank or body 5, preferably of cylindrical shape and having at its upper end a disk 6; the shank or body 5 is provided near its lower end with a transverse aperture '7. The flexible member B, which may be constructed of cork or other suitable material is provided with a socket or recess 8 adapted for the reception ofthe shank 5 of the member A, the disk 6 of which is adapted to engage and overhang the upper edge of the flexible member, as will be clearly seen in Fig. 1.

alinement with the aperture 9.

The recess or socket 8 of the flexible member is intersected near its lower end by a transverse opening which entirely penetrates one side o said flexible member, as will be seen at 9, while in the opposite wall of said member a recess or indentation l0 is formed in Said aperture 9 and recess 10, when the shank 5 of the member A is inserted-into the socket 8, are adapted to lie in alinement with the aperture '7 extending through said shank.

ll designates a locking pin or bolt, which is tted in the aperture 7 of the shank 5, and is adapted to project through the aperture 9 in the member B, said pin or bolt being projected in an outward direction by the action oi a small spring l2, the inner end otwhich is seated in the recess l0 of the flexible member B.

The operation and advantages o this invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawing hereto annexed. When the parts of the stopper are assembled; that is to say, when the shank 5 of the member A has been introduced into the socket 8 of the member B, and the locking pin ll. and spring l2 have been placed in position, the stopper may be placed in the neck of the bottle, the locking pin being pushed inward against the tension of the spring in order to permit the stopper to be introduced into the neck of the bottle; when the stopper has been properly entered into the bottle neck, the locking pin 11, under the impulse of the spring l2 will be projected into the annular groove 3, thus securelylocking the stopper and positively preventing its withdrawal; it follows that in order to gain access to the contents of the bottle, the neck of therlatter must be broken, the bottle being thus mutilated and rendered unfit for further use.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new isz- 1. A bottle having a neck provided with an annular riby and au internal annular groove in alinement with said rib, in combination with a stopper comprising a liexible ex.- ternal member and a rigid core, said stopper being provided with a transverse recess, and a spring actuated lock- -ing pin seated in said recess.

2. A bottle stopper comprising an external exible member having a recess or socket and a rigid core engaging said recess and having a disk at its upper end, said stopper being provided with a transversely disposed recess extending entirely through the rigid member and partially through the lexible member, and a spring actuated locking pin seated in said recess. p

In-testimony whereof, I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES GIBLIN.

.Witnesses:

MARGARET GIBLIN, FRANCIS NELAND. 

